Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)

Symphony No. 3 (1984)

for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date : 1984
    • Duration : 58 mn
    • Publisher : Boosey & Hawkes
    • Opus : 119
    • Commission: BBC
Detailed formation
  • 3 flutes (also alto flute, piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 tenor/bass trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, strings

Premiere information

  • Date : 19 February 1985
    Location :

    Royaume-Uni, Manchester, Free Trade Hall


    Performers :

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Downes, direction.